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WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION 
Intemational Boreao 




INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCI) 



(51) iDfeinadonal Pateot Qassilicafion ^ : 
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(11) Intttnational PoblicatioD Nnmber: WO 92/22669 

(43) Intenodoiial Pnblication Date: 23 December 1992 (23.12.92) 



(21) International Application Nnmber: 

(22) International FlIiDg Date: 



(30) Priority data: 
9113212.6 



PCT/GB92/01116 
19 June 1992(19.06.92) 



19 June 1991 (19.06.91) 



GB 



(71) Applicant (for all designated States except US): HYPO- 

GUARD (UK) LIMITED IGB/GB]; Dock Lane. Mel- 
ton, Woodbridgc, Suffolk IP12 IPE (GB). 

(72) Inventor; and 

(75) inrentor/Applicant (for US only) : GULLICK. Stephen. Pe- 
ter [GB/GB]; 18 Deben Avenue. Martlesham. Ipswich, 
Suffolk IPS 7PQ(GB). 

(74) Agent: DUMMETT. Thomas, Ian, Peter; Dummett Copp 
& Co., 14 The Square, Martlesham Heath, Ipswidh, Suf- 
folk IPS 7SL (GB). 



(81) Designated States : AT. AT (European patent), AU. BB, BE 
(European patent), BF (OAPI patent). BG, BJ (OAPI 
patent), BR, OA, CF (OAPI patent), CG (OAPI patent), 
CH, CH (European patent), CI (OAPI patent), CM 
(OAPI patent), CS, DE. DE (European patent), DK, 
DK (European patent), ES, ES (European patent), FI, 
FR (European patent), GA (OAPI patent), GB, GB (Eu 
ropean patent), GN (OAPI patent). GR (European pa^ 
tent). HU, IT (European patent), JP, KP, KR, LK, LU. 
LU (European patent), MC (European patent), MG. ML 
(OAPI patent), MN, MR (OAPI patent), MW. NL> NL 
(European patent), NO. PL. RO, RU, SD. SE, SE (Euro- 
pean patent), SN (OAPI patent), TD (OAPI patent), TG 
(OAPI patent), US. 

Published 

WIdi international seardt report 
Brfore the expiration of the time limit for amending the 
claims and to be nepublished in the event of the receqft of 
amendments* 



(SQTMe: REAGENT MIXTURES FOR GLU<X)SE ASSAY 



(57) Abstract 



The present mvention relates to a test reagent mixture composition comprising the enzymes glucose oxidase and peroxi- 
dase and a chromogen which interacts with the hydrogen peroxide from the oxidation of the blood glucose by the glucose oxi- 
dase, characterised in that the glucose oxidase and the peroxidase are present in proportions which provide from 300 to 700 Inter- 
national Units (lUs) of glucose oxidase and at least 20 Intemational Units of peroxidase and m that the chromogen is present in 
an amount which provides from 12 to 20 grams of active chromogen per 500,000 Intemational Units of ghicose oxidase. Prefer- 
ably, the composition is put up in a low molecular weight gelatin matrix and is impregnated into a mioto-porous earner mem- 
brane. 



FOR TUB PURPOSES OF INFORMATION ONLY 



Codes used to identily Slates |)any to the PCI* on Che from pag^* of {lamphlets publishing internalional 
applications under the PCT. 



AT 


Austria 


Fl 


MakinJ 


MI. 


Mali 


AU 


Australia 


FR 


France 


MN 


Mooeolia 


BE 


BartaUos 


CA 


Gabon 


MR 


MawrftitrHi 


BE 




CB 


Uoittxl KtitsJuin 


MW 


Malawi 


BF 


Bttritifia l*aso 


GN 


Guinea 


HL 


Nmbcrlamb 


BC 




CB 


Otceos 


NO 


Norway 


BJ 




UU 


Hungary 


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PolamI 


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Brax9 


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IrdaMi 


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Romania 


CA 


CVijuIa 


IT 


Italy 


RU 


Russian Federation 


CF 


O^atml ATricaa Republic 


JP 


Japan 


SO 


Sudan 


CG 


Cbngu 


KF 


Uemocralic Pcopli:'^ Republic 


SB 


Sweden 


CH 


5wil»:rland 




of Korea 


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CI 


C8ledlvi4nr 


KR 


Republic or Korea 


su 


Soviet tJnIon 


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Chad 


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f jmNxtiuvaLia 


LK 


Sn Lania 


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Togo 


DE 


Gcimaoy 


I4i 


Luu;nibour|( 


US 


United Slates of America 


DK 


Denmark 


MC 


Monaco 






ES 


Spain 


MC 









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REAGENT MIXTURES FOR GLUCOSE ASSAY 

The present invention relates to a reagent mixture, notably to 
a mixture of analytical reagents in a carrier gel which 
5 provides enhanced consistency of the colour generated with the 
elapse of time. 

. BACKGROUND TO THE TNVTgTTPTm- 



10 



Blood samples are often assessed for the amount of glucose or 
some other constituent therein by reacting. the blood with one 
or more reagents carried on a test . stick or pad so as to 
develop a colour which can be observed by an operator." For 
example, a reagent pad can contain the enzymes glucose oxidase 
15 and peroxidase and o-tolidine as the chromogen which turns blue 
as the glucose oxidase oxidises glucose in the blood sample to 
gluconic acid and hydrogen , peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide 
reacts in the presence of the peroxidase with the o-^tolidine to 
give a blue colour whose intensity depends upon the amount of 
20 hydrogen peroxide released and hence the amount of glucose in 
the blood. The reagents are usually put up in a gel matrix, 
for example of a natural gel, for example a gelatin, or of a 
synthetic polymer, for example a polyvinylpyrrolidone. 



25 



However, problems arise in that the colour is affected by the 
time over which the blood sample is held in contact with the 
reagent pad, as well as the amount of blood in contact with the 
reagents. it is therefore customary for such tests to be 
carried out within a strictly monitored time schedule and the 
30 results are often of dubious value due to inaccuracies in 
observing the time schedule. 



Surprisingly, we have found that the proportion of the reagents 
to one another in the matrix affects the period over which a 
consistent colour is produced by the interaction of the blood 
with the reagent. If the proportions in the mixture lie within 



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certain limits, the colour produced is sufficiently constant 
over a period of time for the need for strict adherence to a 
time schedule to be reduced. 

5 snMMftRY OP THE INVENTION; 

Accordingly, the present invention provides a blood test 
reagent mixture composition comprising the enzymes glucose 
oxidase and peroxidase and a chromogen which interacts with the 

10 hydrogen peroxide from' the oxidation of the blood glucose by 
the glucose oxidase, characterised in that the glucose oxidase 
and the peroxidase are present in proportions which provide 
from 300 to 700 international Units (IDs) of glucose oxidase 
and at least 20 International Units of peroxidase and in that 

15 the chromogen is present in an amount- which provides from 12 to 
20 grams of active chromogen per 500,000 International Units of 
glucose oxidase. Preferably, the glucose oxidase is present in 
from 400 to 550 lUs per 27.5 to 32.5 lUs of peroxidase and the 
chromogen is o-tolidine which is present in an amount of from 

20 12 to 15 gs per 500,000 lUs of the glucose oxidase i 

It is preferred that the reagent mixture be put up in a gel 
matrix, notably a gelatin matrix, which provides from 200 to 
400 gs of the matrix on a dry weight basis per 500,000 lUs of 
25 the glucose oxidase. 

It is particularly preferred that the reagent mixture/matrix be 
absorbed in a micro-porous membrane carrier. 

30 oaie enzymatic reagents as used herein can be present in any 
suitable form, for example as the dry powdered active enzyme or 
as a precursor or addition product thereof which under the 
conditions of the test to be carried out produces an active 
enzyme in the reagent mixture. Thus, the enzymatic reagent can 

35 be an active enzyme, for example glucose oxidase or peroxidase, 
or a stabilised form thereof, for example an acetate or other 



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salt or adduct thereof, which releases the active enzyme when 
the reagent mixture is wetted. 

For convenience, the invention will be described hereinafter in 
5 terms of a mixture of glucose oxidase and peroxidase as 
conventionally used in the assessment of glucose in a blood 
sample. 



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Similarly, the term chromogenic material is used herein to 
denote any material which develops a property upon interaction 
with one or more of the products produced when the enzymatic 
reagent reacts with the blood sample to be assessed. Thus, the 
term includes materials which develop ultraviolet fluorescence 
or other detectable but not visible properties. However, it is 
preferred that the chromogenic material be one which develop a 
colour within the visible spectrum, for example as when di- 
anisidine or o-tolidine reacts with the hydrogen peroxide 
released when glucose in blood interacts with the glucose 
oxidase in the reagent mixture. The chromogenic material can 
be used in the form of the active material or a precursor or 
adduct thereof, notably an inorganic acid salt thereof such as 
the hydrochloride or sulphate, which releases the active 
ingredient during the test. 

25 For convenience, the invention will be described hereinafter in 
terms of o-tolidine as the chromogenic material. 

The enzymatic reagent and chromogenic material are operatively 
associated with one another so that they can interact under the 
condiUons of the test procedure. Typically, the reagent and 
the chromogenic material will be put up in physical admixture 
with one another. However, it is within the scope of the 
present invention to put up the reagent and chromogenic 
material in a two part form which is admixed immediately prior 
35 to use; or in a form in which the reaction products of the 
interaction of the enzyme reagent with the glucose in the blood 



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saii5)le diffuse into a zone containing the chromogenic material 
to develop the colour therewith separately from the enzyme 
interaction zone. Thus, for example, the enzyme reagent can be 
concentrated at one end or one side of a reagent pad and the 
5 chromogenic material at the other end or side. 

For convenience, the invention will be described hereinafter in 
terms of a pad of the reagent mixture containing the enzymatic 
reagent and the chromogenic material substantially uniformly 
10 distributed throughout the pad. 

The reagent mixture may contain other materials as is 
customary, for example phosphate buffering agents, 
preservatives, anti-coagulants or surface active agents. Such 
15 other materials are typically inert to the material to be 
tested, the other constituents of the reagent mixture and the 
products- of the reactions and interactions which occur during 
the test procedure. Such other constituents can be present in 
the amounts normally used in such reagent mixtures. 

20 

AS stated above, we have found that if the enzjinatic reagent 
and chrcanogenic material are present in the reagent mixture 
composition within specified proportions, the colour which the 
interactions- between the material being assessed and the 

25 various con^jonents of the mixture is surprisingly stable and 
enables the colour to be observed over a wider period of tiine 
than hitherto. Thus, the enzymatic reagents will typically be 
present in proportions of from 400 to 600, notably 450 to 550, 
International Units (lUs) of glucose oxidase and at least 20 

30 lUs^ l^ically about 27.5 to 35 lUs of peroxidase in the 
mixture. The chromogeiiic material will typically be present in 
an amount of from 12 to 17, notably from 13 to 16, grams per 
500,000 lUs of the glucose oxidase. The optimum proportions 
within these ranges can be determined for any given case and a 

35 given carrier by sinple trial and error tests. 



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As stated above, the reagent mixture is preferably put up in a 
matrix carrier medium so that the material to be assessed can 
penetrate to the enzyme reagent and the chromogenic material . 
The matrix can be provided by a natural gum, jelly or gel, for 
example a gelatin, agar agar, aspic or silica gel; or can be 
provided by a synthetic polymer gel, for example a cellulosic 
gel or a polyvinylic resin gel. For convenience, the invention 
will be described hereinafter in terms of the use of a gelatin 
gel as the carrier matrix. 



10 



The gel matrix can carry the enzymatic reagent and chromogenic 
material substantially uniformly distributed throughout it. 
This is conveniently achieved by mixing the enzyme reagents 
into a premix of the gelling agent and the. chromogenic 

15 material; and allowing the mixture to set in the desired form. 
Alternatively, the enzyme reagent and the chromogenic material 
can be admixed with a thixotropic gel carrier which is worked, 
for example by being stirred, to maintain it in the fluid state 
during mixing, but which is then allowed to set for storage and 

20 transport prior to use. 

Alternatively, the matrix may contain the enzymatic reagent and 
chromogenic material non-uniformiy distributed therein, as when 
a gel layer is formed which has a high concentration of the gel 

25 matrix in its upper layers to act a protective layer or Coating 
for the reagent rich lower layers; or where the enzymatic 
reagent is located in a separate zone of the matrix from that 
containing the chromogenic material, in this case, the product 
from the interaction of the material being tested with one or 

30 more of the enzymatic reagents diffuses from the enzyme zone 
into the zone containing the chromogenic material to develop a 
colour as a separate stage in that zone. 

For convenience, the invention will be described hereinafter in 
35 terms of a reagent mixture which is uniformly distributed 
throughout a gelatin matrix. 



•If. 



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Bie matrix carrying the reagent mixture can be put up in a 
number of physical forms, for exan^le as test strips or discs 
in which a pad of the matrix is applied to one face of the 
strip or disc and the colour resulting from the interaction of 
5 the material under assessment and the reagents and materials in 
the matrix is observed visually against the white background of 
the support strip or disc or against a separate reference 
background. Alternatively, the matrix can be put up in a 
series of zones through which Uie reagent mixture is 

10 distributed so that the interaction of the material to be 
assessed with the enzyme occurs in one zone and the product of 
that interaction diffuses to a second zone in vrtiich the colour 
reaction takes place. In a further alternative, the reagent 
mixture matrix can be absorbed or impregnated into the pores of . 

15 a porous carrier to one face of which the material to be 
assessed is applied and the colour developing within the matrix 
is viewed from the opposite surface of the carrier. 

For convCTience, the invention will be described in terms of 
20 the use of a pad or disc of a micro-porous membrane which is 
inqpregnated with the reagent matrix. 

In a conventional blood test reagent mixture, the gel matrix is 
a high molecular weight gelatin irtiich is present in about 4% by 

25 dry weight. However, where the reagent mixture is to be 
absorbed into a micro-porous membrane, we prefer to use a low 
molecular weight gelatin, typically with a molecular weight in 
the range 20,000 to 50,000. Where such a gelatin is present in 
the amounts used hitherto, we have found that this results in 

30 a gel matrix \diich cannot be held satisfactorily within the 
pores of the manbrane. On this other hand, we have found that 
if the gel content of the reagent mixture conposition racceeds 
about 20% by dry weight, the gel inhibits the diffusion of 
reaction products through the membrane and hence development of 

35 a colour reflecting the true extent of the interactions which 
have occurred. We therefore prefer to provide the gel inatrix 



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5 



10 



15 



as a low molecular weight gelatin in an amount of from 250 to 
325 gs by dry weight per 500,000 lUs of the glucose oxidase 
present in the reagent mixtrue. 

The invention will now be illustrated by the following Example 
in which all parts and percentages are given by weight unless 
stated otherwise. 

A first solution was made by stirring together at . room 
temperature 300 mis of de-ionised water, 200 mis of 0^5 Molar 
sodium phosphate buff er to give a pH of 7> 100 mis of a 20% w/v 
solution of the surfactant Gantrez and 300 gs of dry powdered 
gelatin having a molecular weight in the range 25,000 to 
40,000. 

A second solution was prepared by stirring together at 60«» c 
for one hour 300 mis of de-ionised water, 300 mis of 
methoxyethanol and 15 gs of o-tolidine hydrochloride or 
dianisidine hydrochloride. 

The second solution was mixed dropwise with stirring into the 
first solution and the mixture stood for i hour at 60" c. 

A third solution was mad^ up by mixing 500,000 lUs of glucose 
25 oxidase and 30,000 lUs of peroxidase in a 0.1 Molar solution of 
the spdium phosphate buffer. This solution was mixed with 
stirring into the other mixed solutions and filtered through a 
0.1 micrometre aperture filter. . . 

30 The resultant solution was impregnated into a polysulf one resin 
sheet (0.2 to 0.4 mms thick and having an average pore diameter 
of 0.2 micrometres and an air permeability of 3 litres per 
minute per square centimetre at an applied pressure of lo psig) 
to provide 5 lUs of glucose oxidase, 3 lUs of peroxidase, 0.2 

35 milligrams of o-tolidine and 4 milligrams of gelatin per square 
centimetre of the membrane. 



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15 



By way of coiaparison, the same membrane was iinpregnated with a 
conventional reagent mixture to provide the conventional level 
of enzyme and chromogen per square centimetre. 

Blood saH5>les were applied to the faces of a number of 6 mms 
diameter discs cut from each of the membranes. With the 
reagent compositions of the invention, a blue colour developed 
after only 10 seconds. The hue and intensity of the colour 
became stable after about 30 to 40 seconds and remained stable 
for a further 30 to 40 seconds, thus allowing considerable 
lattitude for the time to observe the colour. By way of 
Goi.5)arison, the conventional formulations gave a colour which 
deepened in hue and intensity over 10 to 30 seconds after 
applying the blood sample, but which degenerated after a 
further 15 seconds, giving little or no lattitude in the time 
for observing the true colour. 

From another aspect, the present invention provides a method 
for making a test reagent mixture of the invention, wherein the 
20 components of the mixture are admixed with one another to 
provide a substantially uniform mixture of the components. 

The invention further provides a method for making a test 
reagent mixture carried on a micro-porous carrier medium, 

25 wherein a fluid reagent mixture of the invention is applied to 
the carrier medium. Prefferably, the mixture is applied by 
impregnating the medium, f or exan^le by padding a sheet of the 
carrier through a bath of the reagent mixture, and allowing the 
mixture to gel within the pores of the carrier. Preferably, 

30 the gelled mixture blinds the bores of the pores of the carrier 
so that rupture of blood or other cells due to capillary acUon 
by the pores is reduced. Discs or other shapes can be cut from 
the impregnated carrier for mounting on tests sticks having 
apertures therein or as the end walls of sample receivers so 

35 that the colour which develops in the carrier can be observed 
from the opposite side to that to which the blood is applied. 



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CLAIMS! 

1. A blood test reagent mixture composition comprising the 
enzymes glucose oxidase and peroxidase and a chromogen which 

5 interacts with the hydrogen peroxide from the oxidation of the 
blood glucose by the glucose oxidase, characterised in that the 
glucose oxidase and the peroxidase are present in proportions 
which provide from 300 to 700 International Units (lUs) of 
glucose oxidase and at least 20 International Units of 
io . peroxidase and in that the chromogen is present in an amount 
which provides from 12 to 20 grams of active chromogen per 
500,000 International Units of glucose oxidase, 

2. A test reagent mixture as claimed in claim 1, 
15 characterised in that the glucose oxidase is present in from 

400 to 550 lUs per 27.5 to 32.5 lUs of peroxidase and the 
chromogen is o-tolidine which is present in an amount of from 
12 to 17 gs per 500,000 lUs of the glucose oxidase. 

20 3.. A test reagent mixture as claimed in either of claims 1 or. 
2, characterised in that it is put up in a gel matrix. 

4. A test reagent mixture as claimed in claim 3, 
characterised in that the* gel matrix is a gelatin matrix, which 

25 provides from 200 to 400 gs of gelatin on a dry weight basis 
per 500,000 lUs of the glucose oxidase. 

5. A test reagent mixture as claimed in any one of the 
preceding claims, characterised in that the reagent mixture is 

30 carried by a micro-porous membrane. 

6 . A test reagent mixture as claimed in either of claims 4 or 
5, characterised in that the gelatin has a molecular weight in 
the range 20,000 to 50,000 and is present in an amount of from 

35 250 to 325 gs by dry weight per 500,000 lUs of the glucose 
oxidase. 



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7 . A test reagent mixtiire according to claim 1, substantially 
as hereinbefore described in the Exanple. 

8 . A method for making a test reagent mixture as claimed in 
5 claim 1, characterised in that the components of the mixture 
are admixed with one another to provide a substantially uniform 
mixture of the con^onents . 

Si A method for making a test reagent mixture as claimed in 
10 claim 5/' ch^cterised in that a fliiid reagent mixture as 
claiiied in any oiie of claims 1 to 4 or claim 6 is intpregnated 
into the pores of a micro-porous carrier membrane. 

id. A method for testing blood samples, characterised in that 
15 it comprises applying blood to a test reagent Mxture as 
clcdined £h claim 1 and observing the colour which develops. 

11, A method as claimed in claim 10, characterised in that the 
reagent raixtxire is carried by a micro-porous carrier membrane 
20 and the blood is applied to one face of the membrane and the 
colour is observed from the opposite face of the m«nbranei 



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INTERNATIONAL SEARCH REPORT 

IntemationaJ Application No 



PCT/GB 92/01116 



I. CLASSIFICATION OF SUBJECT MATTER (if severaJ dassfficxtioD symbols apply, indicate aU)^ 



Accordiog to IntematiDnai Patent ClassifiottoD (IPC) or to both National GassUicatioo and IPC 



Int. CI. 5 C12Q1/54; 



C12Q1/26; 



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II. FIELDS SEARCHED 



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m. DOCUMENTS CONSIDERED TO BE RELEVANT* 



Otcgmy* 


ChadoD of Docmncst, U iritbiBdIcatiOB, where appioprfate, of the idevaai passages l^ 


Rdmat to Claim Nb.*1 


A 


US,A,4 340 669 (R. BAUER) 

20 July 1982 

see the whole document 


l-ll 


A 


EP,A,0 016 94> (BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH.) 

15 October 1980 

see the whole' docunent 


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FR,A,2 295 425 (B10EHRIN6ER MANNHEIM GMBH.) 

16 July 1976 

see -the wbole .docunent 


1-11 


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'GB,A,893 3181nILES LABORATORIES, INC.) 

4 April 1962 . 

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" Spedal calqpiln cf cM dodBDenis t 

*A' dooanent defining the geaeial state of the art vifaicfai5 not 
consfderedtobeof partuttbrrctevaojDe ■ 

earlier doanncot hot published on or after the Intcmatioaal 
fiiiog date ' 

*L' docomest wfaicb may throw donbts on prloiity dshnCs) or 
which is dted to establish the puliUcattoQ da^ of anctfttr 
dtation or other spcdal reason (as spccsScd) 

"O' docamem rcfenibgtoaa ofaldisdosore, nsc^ csdiibttioD or- 
other means 

docomest pabOs hed pr ter to tte hitcmatio&al 6Bag date but 
later than the piioiity date datncd 



later docnmcnt published after the intemattonal filing date 
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dted to Bodcmaad the principle or theory iDuleiiyiiig tbt 



'XT docuneot of paxticoiar relcvaiices the clilnied fawcntloD 
cannot be cntsidcred novel or csunst be ccpslderri to 
involve ao inventive step 

t of particniar reSevancc; the dalwed uveutioB 
I be coosidcfcd to involve an nventtare step when the 
test is combined with one or more other socb docsK 
i» SBch combination being ohvfoos to a person sftlUed 
intbeait. 

'ft* docBnent ntenib e r tf the same patent faniQy 



IV. CERIIFICATION 



Date of the Actual Csmpleifan of the btteniadeoal Search 

02 OCTOBER 1992 


Date of Maffiag of tUs Intenatfosal Search Report 


lutcniaiional Searching Anthority 

EUROPEAN PATEOT OFnCE 


Signatnre of Asthorixed Officer >^ 



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